The '41 Hydra Bob Rides Again!

I missed it!

NOS clamp

Pulled back the brake pedal for easy install...

Tool of the trade...

Perfect tight fit...

Ready for a test ride...

It's been a few years since I had this 41 Hydra Bob on the road. I fucked somethin' up at the Motor Speedway races in Jersey, tried a few things to fix it, got frustrated and put it on the back burner...

Last week when Ken Nagahara and Brian stopped by to shoot some stuff for Roller, I threw a battery in the Hydra Bob and it fired right up. I rode it down the street but wasn't running quit right...better then before, but it was breaking up and sounded way off. 

This morning I figured while it had a battery in it I'd do some trouble shooting...Well I fired it up and started fucking with the plugs, then the carb, then the points. I did find the points were way under gap. I fixed that and fired it up again. Messing with the carb again... Then I noticed the front cylinder just sounded weird. I looked around and found that the header pipe had backed out of the squash pipe...Could that have been the whole problem all along? Did I go into a "death spiral" of trouble shooting? Did I mess with everything back at the track a few years ago and get it all upside down???? Probably... because I fixed the pipe, started from scratch with the carb and it's running like a champ so far!

BTW - I once pulled the motor outta my 47 FL, pulled the heads off, couldn't find anything wrong and realized I had run outta gas...I just don't live and learn...

Well time for an extended test ride...